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Ammon News - Agencies - The trial of ousted Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi has been adjourned until Jan. 8, according to Al Arabiya’s correspondent. Monday’s session was adjourned twice due to chaos in the courtroom and Mursi’s reported refusal to wear the white outfit mandatory for defendants.

He is being tried on charges of of inciting the killing of protesters in clashes outside the presidential palace in December 2012.
The the former president will be transferred to Burj al-Arab prison in Alexandria, according to the Egyptian Televsion.

Mursi insisted he was “the legitimate president” during his trial at the Police Academy in Cairo on Monday.

“I see the judiciary as a cover for the treacherous coup,” the former president stated. “You have no right to try me because I am your president,” Mursi reportedly told the judge presiding the case, according to the Egyptian Television.

The Islamist leader who was overthrown by Egypt's military on July 3 has made the Rabaa finger sign, associated with pro-Brotherhood supporters, and asked the court to end the “embarrassment” that is his trial. He added that he was in the courtroom against his will.

According to an Al Arabiya source inside the courtroom, Mursi had a conversation with Brotherhood leader Mohammad el-Beltagy and others.

Senior Brotherhood figure Essam el-Erian, who was also present, said that Egypt’s interior minister and General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who led the military ouster of Mursi, must be brought to justice.

Defendants inside the courtroom reportedly chanted: “Down with the military rule,” according to an Al Arabiya source.

Pro-Mursi supporters, meanwhile, are gathering outside the Cairo Police Academy where Mursi is being tried.
Mursi was flown in by helicopter to the police academy. The deposed Islamist president has not asked to be represented by a lawyer, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported.

Police forces are on high alert with the deployment of over 20,000 security personnel ready to deal with any outbreak of violence. Egypt’s Armed Forces have also closed off all entrances to Tahrir Square, with barbed wires and stationed armored vehicles.

Security forces were also deployed across the downtown area as employees of the the Mugamma, Cairo’s main administrative building in the heart of Tahrir, were asked to stay home.
Meanwhile, clashes have erupted between Mursi supporters and residents in Alexandria. Two people have been injured.

The head of Cairo’s Appeal Court said on Sunday that Mursi’s trial will not be broadcasted live on air, and that photographers and journalists will not be allowed to attend.
Egyptian authorities have decided on Sunday to move the trial to the Police Academy instead of the previously announced police institute near Cairo’s Tora prison for security reasons.
The Cairo Police Academy, located on the outskirts of the city, is where Hosni Mubarak stood trial.

Mursi, who was ousted by Egypt’s military on July 3, after massive protests against his rule, appeared in court along with 14 other senior Muslim Brotherhood figures on charges of inciting the killing of protesters in clashes outside the presidential palace in December 2012.
Mohammad el-Beltagy and Essam el-Erian are among the 14 defendants in the case.
If found guilty, he and the other defendants could face life imprisonment or the death penalty.